ThinkTank: The Future Designer
In 2008 the V&A launched a series of ThinkTanks on future-facing issues related to contemporary design and museum s…
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New directions in wallpaper design & art
Comtemporary wallpaper designers often break with the tradition of the reapeating pattern. 'Good taste' is no longe…
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'Swarm' chandelier by Zaha Hadid, 2006
The Swarm chandelier was designed by Zaha Hadid, one of the most highly regarded architects working today.…
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'Cinderella' table, by Jeroen Verhoeven, 2005-6
The Cinderella Table is an exploration of the possibilities of CAD-CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided ma…
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Contemporary art & design in the Archive of Art & Design
The V&A's Archive of Art and Design holds the working papers of individual artists and designers, as well as the re…
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Contemporary documentary photographers
Contemporary documentary photography is not a unified form but neither is it a defunct or endangered area of photog…
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Science Surgery: The Contemporary Challenge
The Conservation Department defines contemporary as the last 10-20 years. The museum has many contemporary objects …
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Fashion in Motion: Africa 2005
The Africa 2005 Fashion in Motion live catwalk event took place on September 31 2005. Fashion in Motion Africa was presented as part of Friday Late Africa and featured three contemporary fashion designers working in Africa and Europe.
Contemporary photography reading list
Reading list for contemporary photography
Wallpaper design reform
Pugin's principle of historical authenticity in the design of ornament, and his belief that only flat patterns should adorn flat surfaces, became the fundamental tenets of the design reform movement. In the 1850s these ideas were promoted through the Government's Schools of Design in South Kensington, and by several individuals connected with them: the painter Richard Redgrave, Principal of the School; Sir Henry Cole, a civil servant, and later the V&A's first Director; and Owen Jones, a leading designer and architect.
1960s textile designers
Textile designers from the 1960s with a brief history, background and information on each.
Fashion in Motion: Iranian Night
The Iranian Night Fashion in Motion live catwalk event took place on 30 January 2004. The V&A and the Iran Heritage Foundation presented the works of contemporary Iranian fashion designers Massoud Ansari, Shirin Guild, Maryam Mahdavi, Shadi Parand and Laya Torkaman, from both inside and outside Iran in a special Fashion in Motion.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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V&A Contemporary: Electric Dreams: Designing for the Digital Age
Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary design, technology and fashion.
Buy nowEvent - Art and Design 1900-2012 12/13
Mon 17 September 2012 10:45
YEAR COURSE: Survey the great design movements, practice and practitioners associated with the Twentieth Centuries and discover the background to their genesis in the social, political, economic and aesthetic events that began around the year 1900.
Mondays, 17 September 2012 – 22 July 2013 (over 3 terms), 11.00–15.30
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